Just goes to show, that in this day and age, even if you yourself conveniently forget things you have said, it is on the internet forever and can and will always come to light at some point, usually at a most embarassing moment.

So where does the "Right to be forgotten" legislation apply to boards such as these? This board has a policy of only removing material on request if it reveals personal identifying information. I presume that means if I were to reveal in a post that I lived at 43 Harriers Lane, Halifax that would count or if I were to say I was a member of the Southsea Bike Club. But what about if I said on Facebook under my real name that I also post as Joey Shabadoo on this board? Surely then every post becomes personally identifying?

A couple of other forums I inhabit are based around motoring. Chap in one of them seemed to have a bee in his bonnet about where a car he'd rejected with dealer in Yorkshire as supposedly dangerous had fetched up (ie offered for sale elsewhere in manufacturers franchise network). The more he posts the more he looks like an obsessive.

First thread he used his own name. Quick Google leads to a Linkedin profile for a property professional in Wakefield.........